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call to order

Manage your paper trail at home with these

pretty

and

practical task-masters.

FLA G IT

Keep your place in a book or

magazine— or quickly find recipes you

want to try— with attractive self-stick

tags. $4.95 (4-pack

); girlofallwork.com

DIVIDE AN D CONQ UER

This fabric-covered desk or

drawer organizer keeps

pens, paper clips, and

other small bits close at

hand. Geranium Organizer

by John Derian for Target,

$io (available

September 5);

target.com

S E E N A N D

N O TED

Invites,

swatches, and

notes look pretty

as a picture in a

framed bulletin

board. $52;

pulpproducts.com.

Use the code“BHG

SHIP” for free

shipping.

AT HO M E O R ON T H E GO

Mini three-ring binders

9

are sized right to drop in your

tote. $16;

russellhazel.com

for

retail stores.

P E N C IL M E IN

Sometimes,

managing a house full of schedules

is better done “offline” with a

family organizer. Grid planner,

$17.95;

busybodybook.com

b lc w e d .

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PENELOPELOVESLISTS.COM

“ U napologetically organized” read ers snap up tips from M eredith Schw artz, aka

Penelope, on an alm ost daily basis. For instance: “ I follow the ‘no-touch ru le ’ fo r

ridding my desk o f clutter,” M eredith says. “ If I haven't touched som ething o r

haven't absolutely loved it after tw o w eeks, it doesn't deserve space on my desk.'

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SEPTEMBER 2010

BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS

PHOTOS: (ORGANIZING PRODUCTS) MARTY BALDWIN; (PORTRAIT) DEVON JONES. MARKET EDITOR: JENNIFER CONDON